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Q: scab won't heal
asked by: Brioli on August 20th, 2008
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Hello all Very Happy ,
I am new here and hoping you guys can help me. For about 1 1/2 years I have had a very small bump on my left inner thigh scared scared . It is about the size of two small grains of sand placed together (but is a perfect circle) and flesh colored. In the middle of it, it keeps making a scab (the size of one grain of sand) which is dark brown. If I pick at it, the scab comes off and some stuff comes out with it. It leaves like a little crater, and it bleeds very little, and then begins to look like it's healing. Within a month it's right back to feeling and looking like the way it was before looking . I have only pulled the scab off twice, because it's painful to do, and each time it comes back with the same rough scabby thing (which forms on it's own, and is not due to me picking it). Any ideas what this is? I do not carry medical insurance, so I can't get a medical opinion unless absolutely necessary. Basal Cell Carcinoma runs in my family, but everyone has always gotten this on their face and is over 60-years-old Shocked .

Thank you so much for helping me Wink .

*Brioli kiss
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MandMs
replied on August 21st, 2008
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A skin growth that bleeds easily or does not heal well may suggest basal cell carcinoma.

Does this black lesion has pearly white translucent quality on the periphery?
Did the bump change the size slowly over the period of year and a half?
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Brioli
replied on August 21st, 2008
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Thankyou for responding MandMs.

I wouldn't say it bleeds easily, because it only bleeds a very tiny bit, and that is when I actually pull the scab off. It has not gotten bigger at all, it is the exact same size it was when it first came up. I can also tell you it's doesn't have a pearly white translucent look around it.
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aronora20
replied on January 30th, 2009
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Skin bumps
I have the same exact bumps. My dermatologist looked at them and said it was something that couldn't heal. It wasn't even very thorough but he said to but some cortaid on it to thin it out. The scab part is the freakiest and you always resort to ripping it out. (This is a complete long shot but I sometimes wonder if they are some type of skin cancer from using a laptop on your lap so much.. a complete idea but you never know )
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edwardmurphy
replied on May 28th, 2009
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never healing scab
i have the same problem but mine is on my chest between my neck and shoulder,I have had it for about 4 years,cant get a straight anser
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retropg3
replied on June 18th, 2009
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I have this same problem, does anybody know what this is??? It has been over a year for me. -RM
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overwheld
replied on October 15th, 2009
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me too
me too, antibacterial soap and neosporin after removing scab, got rid of it, recurs occasionally, but I nip it in the bud

still have no clue what it is though
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